Sleep Like a Homeless Person From the Comfort of Your Home

[Liberal_in_LA]

Sleep Like a Homeless Person From the Comfort of Your Home

Be honest: after a long day of work and play, you'd like nothing more than to curl up underneath some cardboard boxes. But who can stay warm under cardboard? And how can you make your homeless style chic?

Dutch company Snurk has the solution — they've produced a duvet cover that resembles cardboard boxes. And the selling point? It "lets you sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless person doesn't have to." Of course, only a portion of the proceeds go to a homeless charity Big Issue, so you could just donate your $90 directly.



This whole thing is gross: the glorification of being forced to sleep under a box, the self-satisfaction of the product description, the need to display your charitable nature to house guests. And rest assured — unlike real cardboard boxes, the Snurk duvet cover can withstand a good cleaning. After all, you don't want to smell homeless.

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I'm not the only one raising an eyebrow. UPI has the story of negative reactions from Swedish homeless advocates.

http://gawker.com/5882424/sleep-like-a-homeless-person-from-the-comfort-of-your-home

[NYC_SKP]

1. Puke. Reminds me of this Halloween picture:

What's awesome is that the company that hosted the party went out of business:

Steven J. Baum P.C., Law Firm That Hosted Foreclosure Costume Party To Close
Foreclosure Crisis

By CAROLYN THOMPSON 11/21/11 04:36 PM ET AP

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A New York law firm that specializes in foreclosures and was criticized for a Halloween party that mocked the homeless will close, a spokesman said Monday.

Steven J. Baum P.C., one of the largest-volume mortgage foreclosure firms in New York, filed notice of mass layoffs with the state Department of Labor and local officials, indicating at least a third of its employees would lose their jobs. On Monday, spokesman Earl Wells III confirmed the law firm would close altogether.

While it had been on the radar of federal and state investigators for some time, the Baum firm became the target of widespread public ire last month after The New York Times published pictures from its 2010 Halloween party, which showed people dressed to look homeless and part of the office decorated to resemble a row of foreclosed homes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/foreclosure-costume-party-law-firm-layoff-third-employees_n_1105738.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. agreed. It does remind one of that event.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. That is carrying "shabby chic" way too far!